[mou] Record-high count of Common Loons on Mille Lacs

Anthony Hertzel and I conducted a 7 and 1/2 hour survey of Mille Lacs Lake on Wednesday (18 October). In spite of snow squalls, intermittent drizzle, and blustery northwest winds, we counted a total of 2,729 Common Loons. This represents a new record-high count for Minnesota (2,511 were tallied

[mou] CLay Co. Gray Jay Not Refound

Hi, I checked last evening for the Gray Jay reported and did not find the bird. However, I did not have specific directions and the general area is by two busy highways. I went to Johnson Park in Moorhead afterward and did not find anything to out of the ordinary. Large flocks of chipping spa

[mou] Crow Wing County Little Gull

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0005_01C6F360.339EE860 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Little Gull was seen this A.M. at the Ironton sewer ponds. There = were approximately 2 dozen Bonaparte'

[mou] Cackling Geese; Central MN

This morning there were two Cackling Geese among the 500+ Canadas at Milaca Sewage Ponds (personal county bird) - both were much smaller than the Lessers present. 76 species observed over last week in Sherburne & Mille Lacs Counties, of interest: Little Gull along Mille Lacs Lake (west side, h

[mou] Clay Co. birds

Hello all, I also went after the Gray Jay last evening, but with no success. I spent about an hour in the pine and spruce grove just off US 10 at the entrance to Buffalo River State Park. I found Pine Siskins (10, FOY), Golden-crowned Kinglets (14), a Red-breasted Nuthatch, one Brown Creeper (FOY)

[mou] Pomarine not found

Hey birders!=0A=0ABen Inniger and I looked for the Pomarine Jaeger this mor= ning around 8am. No such bird was found. We were there only 15 minutes or= so, but two other birders had been scanning for awhile already and had the= same result. We did see a couple of Wilson's Snipe and a variety o

[mou] Pomarine not found

Reading Chad's comment about the Barn Swallows makes me think it's about the time of year when we should be out looking for a first state record Cave Swallow. Chris Benson - Original Message - From: "Chad Heins" To: "MOU" Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:54 PM Subject: [mou] Pomarine

[mou] Re: thinking about Cave Swallows

Chad's comment is a great one. After last fall's incredible fallout along the south shore of Lake Ontario (some birders reported large flocks of Cave Swallows), and greater observer awareness of these birds, I hope people will look. The birds tend to congregate on the south shores of large bo

[mou] Mountain Bluebird ~ St. Louis County

--=_NextPart_2900922467194132890 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII The female Mountain Bluebird found by Don Kienholz on 10/17/06 at Bayfront Park in Duluth, St. Louis County was still present this morning. I drove into the parking lot behind the pavilion 7th Ave West and R

[mou] Spruce Grouse - Koochiching County

I was working in the Big Falls area this week and noted Spruce Grouse in the following areas: 10/18 Toumey Williams Rd near the Hendrickson Rd 10/18 2 SG on the Hendrickson Rd 10/19 Hwy 65 within the Nett Lake Reservation Boundaries (no landmarks to go off of) I also saw 2 flocks of Snow Geese

[mou] Pomarine present

Hey birders,=0A=0AI just got off the phone with Butch Ukura who was one of = the birders present when I was at Eagle Lake this morning. He said the jae= ger appeared about 10 minutes after I left (8:45am). It was located on the= northern part of the lake, north of the Sakatah Trail and flew to t

[mou] MOU RBA 19 October 2006

--1161305175 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *October 19, 2006 *MNST0610.19 -Birds mentioned Tundra Swan Ring-necked Duck Surf Scoter Black Scoter Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon Common Loon Rough-legged Hawk Little Gull Sabine's Gull Com

[mou] Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Brown Co.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_00BB_01C6F3B7.FE481760 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Late this afternoon I was surprised to find a very late Buff-breasted = Sandpiper feeding along the edge of a

[mou] Pool 8, Miss. R.,MN & WI; Houston Co, MN

All waterfowl in Pool 8 (LaCrosse to Reno, MN, Genoa, WI). Most waterfowl in WI, east side & middle Pool 8, numbers into the 10,000s, mostly Canvasbacks. Raft of waterfowl stretches 1/4 mile wide & 2 miles long, approximately. I viewed from Hwy 26, Houston Co. MN. From deck south of Brownsville & w

[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, October 19, 2006

--1161309530 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *October 19, 2006 *MNDL0610.19 -Birds mentioned Snow Goose Cackling Goose Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Surf Scoter Hooded Merganser Spruce Grouse American White Pelican Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sh

[mou] Duluth RBA 10/19/06

--1161310089 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *October 19, 2006 *MNDU0610.19 -Birds mentioned Snow Goose Ross's Goose Cackling Goose Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan Ring-necked Duck Harlequin Duck White-winged Scoter Black Scoter L